{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-15-435","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-435","heading":"Circuit solicitor to request search and arrest warrants for violations of Sections 16-15-305 through 16-15-325; hearing on obscenity issue.","body":"(A) A search warrant or arrest warrant for a violation of Sections 16-15-305, 16-15-315, or 16-15-325 may be issued only upon request of a circuit solicitor.\n(B) Following seizure of allegedly obscene property pursuant to a warrant requested by a solicitor, and issued by a neutral and detached magistrate based on supporting affidavits, any interested party may request and the court having appropriate jurisdiction must promptly conduct an adversarial hearing for the purpose of obtaining a judicial determination, based on a preponderance of the evidence, of the obscenity issue.","path":["Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","CHAPTER 15 Offenses Against Morality and Decency","ARTICLE 3 Obscenity, Material Harmful to Minors, Child Exploitation, and Child Prostitution"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c015.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:44:44Z","sha256":"041a653a0b7cdea0ee3840718aa37b8c3e50345bb791757e2b7683eff209f742","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-15-430","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-15-445"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}